Temporary binder



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TEMPORARY BINDER. N0. 395,552. Patented Jan. 1, 1889.

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J. DORNBIRER.

TEMPORARY BINDER.

No. 395,552. Patented Jan. 1, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Fries.

JACOB DORN BIRER, OF SANDI SKY, ()IIIO.

TEMPORARY BINDER.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 395,552, datedJanuary 1, 1889'.

Application filed September 19, 1888. Serial No. 35,76 li (N0 model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, JACOB DORNBIRER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Sandusky, in the county of Erie and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in a File and Binder forNews papers, Periodicals, &c., of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in tempoiarybinders for news papers, periodicals, and publications of similarnature; and the object of my invention is to furnish a convenient deviceby means of which newspapers and other periodicals can be kept in orderwithout liability of their being torn or displaced by frequent usage andmoved in a form in which they can be easily preserved for future usewithout reqni ring a permanent bin din To this end my invention consistsin the construction, arrangement, and combination of the deviceshereinafter described, and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which'Figure 1 is a perspective view of my temporary binder, illustrating theoperation of securing a paper thereto. 2 is a perspective view showingmy device with a number of paperssecured thereto. Fig. 3 is a crosssection on line .cr it in Fig. 2. Fig. at is acrosssection showing theoperation of some of the parts in detail, as will be more fullyhereinafter referred to.

In the drawings, A is a stiff cover, preferably made of thin sheet metaland provided with a back B, turned at right angles to said cover. Thiscover and back may be covered wit-l1 leather, or polished, japanned,painted, or otherwise made ornamental.

In the corner of the back and cover are pivotally secured a series ofthorns, (,,wh.ich are free to oscillate in a plane at right angles tothe cover and back. The sharp points of these thorns may be concealed innotches D, cut into a hollow tubular seam, F, formed on the free edge ofthe back, and by means of a wire rod, G, adapted to engage into this1101- low seam, the thorns may be locked firmlyiu place, and therebyheld at a little distance away from the back, as shown in Fig. 3.

On the inside oi the cover, and near the front edge thereof, I form theloops II, adapted to hold the ruler I in place upon the cover. Thisruler is shown in Fig. withdrawn from one of the loops and turnedoutside to ill'us trate its operation, as hereinafter further described.In a normal position, however, it is intended to be secured by the loopsin theposition shown in dotted lines in said figure. Between the loopsis secured a flap, J, of still material or metal plate, and secured tothe cover near its inner edge, a, while at its outer edge, I), it isfree from the cover and projects sufficiently away from it to permit ofplacing the ruler I freely underneath it. This 'fiapis provided with. aseries of holes, 0, and coinci dent holes 0 and c are formed in theruler and in the cover underneath, so that if a pin, K, is introduced inany of these holes it may be passed through all theparts, as shown inFig. 4. This pin is required in the operation of the device, and may be,for convenience sake, secured, when not wanted, in the eye e, formed inthe end of the ruler I.

Upon the inside of the cover are also secured the ears L L near the topand bottom. of the cover. These ears are secured at their inner edges,f,to the cover, and at their front edges, g g, they are free from thecover, so that a supply of binding-twine, M, may be wound thereon, asshown in Fig. 1. A The end of this twine, after winding it upon the earsL L, is engaged into a hook, N, and from there it is brought to the backand secured thereon in any suitable manner, such as by means of asuitable hole, 71, formed in the back. The hook IT is secured to the endof a rubber or other spring, 0, and this rubber is secured to the coverin any suit-able manner, thus forming a tension device for the twine toprevent. any slackness therein.

The parts being th us arranged and constructed as described, they areintended to operate as follows: The ruler I is withdrawn from its placein the cover, and the paper or periodical intended to be secured to thedevice is engaged with the ruler so as to bring its fold against therear edge of the ruler. Then the r nler, with the paper upon it, isplaced back into its normal position, which brings the parts into therelative position to each other shown in Fig. 4. The operator then usesthe pin K,

inserting it into each of the holes a, as shown in Fig. 4, whereby thepaper is perforated correspondingly with the holes 0. Then the paper isremoved from the ruler, which in the further steps of the operation isnot required any more. The operator now disengages his twine from thetension device, and, unwinding a suit able portion from the ears L,engages the twine into the fold of the paper and wraps it around theback, securing it finally again into the tension-hook N, as before. N owthe operator engages the paper having a strand of twine in its fold uponthe thorns G, which are engaged into the perforations made previously inthe paper, the thorns being previously unlocked by withdrawing the rodG, and then looked again in position after the operation is completed.The paper is now secured upon the thorns (1 and firmly held thereon, asit will be seen that all strain is taken off from the holes an d broughtupon the twine wrapped up in the fold. \Vith each paper the sameoperation is repeated, and thus the papers are neatly secured on top ofeach other and firmly held in the manner described, as shown in Fig. Theadvantage of using the ruler I in the manner described will now clearlyappear, as this special device formsmerely a convenient and exact guidefor placing the holes or perforations through the back of the paper inexact coincidence with the thorns and with all the other papers whichmay be secured 'to the binder. .Zy thus going to work in this carefuland systematic manner and using the device as described the successivenumbers of a periodical are bound in as regular a way and order as bythe more perfect ways of binding, and are easy of reference, as thecover with its back permits of handling the whole file of papers withconvenience and comfort to the reader in sitting or walking, as it willbe seen that by securing the twine in the fold of the paper theperforations through the paper may be. placed almost close to the outeredge without making the fastening any weaker.

The additional advantage of my construction is that I can place theperforations through the paper very close to the fold, so that insecuring it the individual leaves will readily fold over without thetendency, as in the ordinary construction of temporary binders, to foldtogether or be difficult to part.

It is obvious that my device may be made of more or less ornamentalshape to suit the individual fancy or desire.

\Vhat I claim as my invention is 1. In a temporary hinder, thecombination of the following elements: the cover formed with the back,the thorns pivotally secured in the inner corner of the cover and back,the locking device for the thorns, the ruler removably secured upon thecover, the flap secured above the cover, the coincident holes throughthe flap, ruler, and cover, means for holding a supply of twine upon thecover, and the tension device of the twine, the parts being combined andarranged to operate substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. In a temporary binder, the combination, with the cover A and back B,of the thorns G,pivotally secured in the corner of the cover and back,the notched tubular seam F, formed on the edge of the back, thelocking-rod G, detachably secured therein, the detachable ruler I, theloops H, secured to the cover to hold such ruler in position, the flapJ, secured above the ruler, the coincident holes 0 c c" in the flap,ruler, and cover, the ears L L, adapted tohold a supply of twine,and thehook N and spring 0, forming a tension device for the twine, all theparts being arranged and constructed to operate substantially as and forthe purpose described.

In testimony whereof I affiX my signature, in presence of two witnesses,this 5th day of August, 1888.

- JACOB DORNBIRER. Witnesses:

P. M. HULBERT, JOHN SoHUMAN.

